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To: Ramsey Su who wrote (6192)	9/6/1998 11:35:00 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

From the thread mission statement. >on this forum I invite all people to discuss all sorts of Asian topics, especially economic and political questions and developments in the respective countries, including India and Japan. But we also want to learn about Asian culture and business culture, how things "work" in Asia, the "Asian way" of doing things, which I presume may be quite differently at times than American or European attitudes.< You say "while I enjoy a good political discussion or debate, my investments are my livelihood that demands priority. This forum is important because of the major role that Asia is playing. However, it does have a tendency to drift off to issues that are too broad, or simply mental masturbation by the crowd in the academia." Perhaps you should start your own forum and specify that no masturbation is allowed. I happen to really enjoy this one exactly the way it is. I hope it doesn't change. Your comments are insulting and uncalled for, especially when the academic discussions you impugn are within the thread purpose. The philosophical discussions are too. The thread creator obviously had a broad purpose- if you want a narrow thread, focused solely on investment go start your own. Anyone can do it. Did you even bother to read the starting post?

To: Ramsey Su who wrote (6192)	9/6/1998 1:24:00 PM
From: Ron Bower	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9980

Clark, Ramsey, Stitch, et al Isn't the best scenario for an end to the crisis a major weakening of the US markets and lower bond rates to move monies back into the emerging markets, but not so much that it weakens the US economy and labor/consumer markets? Isn't there a good chance this is what we will have? Haven't the hedge funds simply made a bad situation much worse? Added to the instability? They could not have 'attacked' if there was no weakness. TIA, Ron

To: Ramsey Su who wrote (6192)	9/6/1998 9:44:00 PM
From: Stitch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

Ramsey, In spite of your condescension, ("while I enjoy a good political discussion or debate, my investments are my livelihood that demands priority. This forum is important because of the major role that Asia is playing. However, it does have a tendency to drift off to issues that are too broad, or simply mental masturbation by the crowd in the academia") I found your post easy to agree with and thought your metaphor of an Asian house invested with termites an especially apt one. I agree that, given it is an apt metaphor, the priorities would be to attend to the typhoons before attending to the termite infestation. So...how? Typhoons are acts of nature...hedge funds are acts of free markets. What can be done to curb the potential damage? I guess we can set up windbreaks (monetary controls) but in the end the infestation will have to dealt with. Yes? <<my investments are my livelihood that demands priority>> <<simply mental masturbation by the crowd in the academia.>> You know Ramsey, you are a bright guy with good observations. You simply don't need to resort to cheap tricks like condescencion, loose-cannon statements, and denigration of those you disagree with. The very notion that your investments are somehow greater in importance then anyone else's suggest a delusional state of egotistical indulgence, perhaps underpinned by a spiritually challenged sense of self. Why don't you come down from your high horse and join the human race? Stitch